User manual SONY HCD-251

[. . . ] This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. [. . . ] Also, depending on the disc, all text characters are not displayed. To turn off the Control Menu Press DVD DISPLAY repeatedly until the Control Menu is turned off. Checking the DVD/CD/SACD text Press TIME repeatedly in Step 2 to display the text recorded on the DVD/CD/SACD. The DVD/CD/SACD text appears only when the text is recorded on the disc. You cannot change the text. TIME/TEXT BRAHMS SYMPHONY NO ­ 4 DVD/CD/SACD text 44 Sound Adjustments Changing the Sound If a DVD is recorded with multilingual tracks, you can select the language you want while playing the DVD. If the DVD is recorded in multiple audio formats (PCM, Dolby Digital, MPEG audio, or DTS), you can select the audio format you want while playing the DVD. With stereo CDs or VIDEO CDs, you can select the sound from the right or left channel and listen to the sound of the selected channel through both the right and left speakers. (In this case, the sound loses its stereo effect. ) For example, when playing a disc containing a song with the vocals on the right channel and the instruments on the left channel, you can select the left channel and hear only the instruments from both speakers. AUDIO 4 7 >10 3 Press X/x to select the desired audio signal. xWhen playing a DVD Depending on the DVD, the choice of language varies. When 4 digits are displayed, they represent the language code. Refer to the language code list on page 79 to see which language the code represents. When the same language is displayed two or more times, the DVD is recorded in multiple audio formats. xWhen playing a VIDEO CD, or CD The default setting is underlined. CINEMA STUDIO EX B* Reproduces the sound characteristics of the Sony Pictures Entertainment's mixing studio using the 3D sound imaging of V. MULTI DIMENSION (page 48) to create 5 sets of virtual speakers surrounding the listener from a single pair of actual rear speakers. This mode is ideal for watching sciencefiction or action movies with lots of sound effects. CINEMA STUDIO EX C* Reproduces the sound characteristics of the Sony Pictures Entertainment's BGM recording studio using the 3D sound imaging of V. MULTI DIMENSION (page 48) to create 5 sets of virtual speakers surrounding the listener from a single pair of actual rear speakers. This mode is ideal for watching musicals or classic films where music is featured in the soundtrack. * "VIRTUAL" sound field: Sound field with virtual speakers. continued Sound Adjustments To check the current sound field Press DISPLAY repeatedly. Each time you press DISPLAY, the front panel display switches as follows: remaining or playing time t sound field t remaining or playing time z The system memorises the last sound field selected for each function mode (Sound Field Link) Whenever you select a function such as DVD or TUNER, the sound field that was last applied to the function is automatically applied again. For example, if you listen to DVD with HALL as the sound field, then change to another function, and then return to DVD, HALL will be applied again. With the tuner, sound fields are memorised separately for all preset stations. 47 V. MULTI DIMENSION* (Virtual Multi Dimension) Uses 3D sound imaging to create an array of virtual rear speakers positioned higher than the listener from a single pair of actual rear speakers. [. . . ] Track Sections of a picture or a music piece on a CD or VIDEO CD. Each track is assigned a track number enabling you to locate the track you want. VIDEO CD A compact disc that contains moving pictures. The picture data uses the MPEG 1 format, one of the worldwide standards of digital compression technology. [. . . ]